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Economic Recovery Hinges on inclusive Democracy: A strong call for action by the Civil Society Collective for Democracy.

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The Civil Society Collective for Democracy, also known by its slogan ‘Stand for Democracy’, a coalition of concerned citizens and organizations, including civilsociety organizations, professionals, academics, trade unions, youth leaders, activists, media personnel, religious figures, and other influencers, convened today (2023.08.29) at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI) to deliver a crucial wake-up call to …

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CMEV with Youths in Kantale – Trincomalee District

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On 13 August 2023, CMEV conducted an awareness-raising discussion on citizens ’rights andparticipatory democracy with a group of youths at Kanthale. The program had organized by NationalCollaboration Development Foundation (NCDF) in collaboration with Kanthale Youth Centre.In the first half of the discussion, Mr. D.M. Dissanayake AAL, discussed the meaning of nationality andthe different ways of …

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CMEV goes to Citizens

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CMEV goes to Citizens Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) conducted a series of citizen awareness discussions in Galle and Matara Districts from July 26 – 28, 2023. The objective of the program was to increase the understanding of women, youth, Persons with Disabilities and other members of other marginalized groups of their citizenry rights …

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Statement on the Reported Death During the Local Government Elections 2023

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CMEV expresses its grave concern about the first death reported yesterday in connection with the LocalGovernment Elections 2023. This death follows from the undemocratic and repressive actions of the Sri LankaPolice to prevent a protest rally organised by the National People’s Power (NPP). Nimal Amarasiri, a NPP candidatefor the Nivithigala Pradeshiya Sabha, died from injuries …

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Fundamental Rights application challenging the failure to take the necessary steps to hold the Local Government Elections.

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28th February 2023. The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director filed a Fundamental Rights application challenging the failure and/or refusal of several government departments to take the necessary steps to hold the Local Government Elections. CPA is a constituent member and acts as the secretariat to the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence …

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Publicity Campaign on Election Campaign Expenses Regulations

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CMEV launched a publicity campaign on the newly introduced Election Campaign Expenses Regulation from Ratnapura and Balangoda towns. The objective of the campaign was to make citizens aware of new regulations to limit election campaign expenditure with the support of women, youth and PWD groups. The campaign included public announcements, street dramas, video shows, banner …

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CMEV’s statement on the violation of people’s democratic rights

Local Government Election 2023, Press Releases / By

February 19, 2023 Colombo, Sri Lanka. CMEV’s statement on the violation of people’s democratic rights CMEV strongly condemns the blatant violation of the people’s democratic rights by the Election Commission, Treasury, Executive, Government Printer and senior officers of the Sri Lanka Police. Examining each of these public authorities and officials in turn, reveals how they …

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Publicity campaign on Campaign and Political Finance

Awareness & Advocacy, Campaign Finance Regulation / By

Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) will be conducting a Publicity campaign from 19th of February 2023 onwards on Campaign and Political Finance in order to make awareness among the general public about campaign and political finance for the empowerment of inclusive democracy in Sri Lanka. Interactive awareness sessions , Leaflet distributions and public dramas …

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“තැපැල් ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකා මුද්‍රණය සහ පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයේ අපේක්ෂා”

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“තැපැල් ඡන්ද පත්‍රිකා මුද්‍රණය සහ පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයේ අපේක්ෂා” මැතිවරණ ප්‍රචණ්ඩක්‍රියා නිරීක්ෂණ මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ (CMEV ) මෙහෙයුම් ප්‍රධානී D.M. දසනායක මහතා අද දෙරණ BIG Focus වැඩසටහනේදී සිදුකරන ලද අදහස් දැක්වීම. සම්පූර්ණ වැඩසටහන – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOmZc-OPGa8

Statement on Disruptions to the Local Government Elections 2023

Local Government Election 2023, Press Releases / By

CMEV expresses its deep concern about the indefinite postponement of the postal voting for the LocalGovernment Election 2023. It has been reported that this is due to the Government Printer’s refusal tosubmit the printed postal voting ballot papers on time to the Election Commission. CMEV learnt that the Government Printer sent a letter to the …

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